Official Lance Armstrong Thread **READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING**

[Cimacoppi49]

Just like an amp that "goes to 11", it would appear that the fanboys will now have to find something beyond "Red" for their Idiocy Level...

The fanboys from Fabiani's Pit are at DEFCON 4.

 

[MacRoadie]

Just got off the phone with a friend in law enforcement. He thinks Armstrong was told not to leave the country or he be arrested. I hope they give Polish advance warning of the perp walk so he can be there to erupt.

I gotta figure the tune-ups, flat repairs, and bar re-tapings are piling up as he sits glued to the computer frantically Googling "Armstrong Indictment" over, and over, and over...

 

[MacRoadie]

The fanboys from Fabiani's Pit are at DEFCON 4.

"But this one goes go DEFCON 5"...

 

[Velodude]

...but it appears Rajaratnam was made an example of as a result of the rampant greed on Wall Street that has been brought to surface over the past several years. I'm fearful Armstrong's transgression will not necessarily be seen in the same light when his team brings up his history of charitable acts/contributions weighed against his "crimes".

I'm fearful Armstrong's transgression will not necessarily be seen in the same light when his team brings up his history of charitable acts/contributions weighed against his "crimes"

In this forum several LA fanboys have cited his charity work as being a "defense".

I have put up this example to demonstrate in the real judicial world his charity work will only surface during submissions for sentencing after he has been convicted.

Rajaratnam from his "cheating" only made a modest profit of $7.4m. What profit did LA make and is still earning if it is concluded he cheated? Endorsement income @ est $20m pa.

There are more dangerous health risks associated with the "cheating" procedures of PED users than putting in buy and sell orders with your broker.

 

[Neworld]

Just got off the phone with a friend in law enforcement. He thinks Armstrong was told not to leave the country or he be arrested. I hope they give Polish advance warning of the perp walk so he can be there to erupt.

Tell Polish, who's Polish?

I do notice the odd vapid commentary on this site from time to time, but I just skip over that stuff with non-lazer like focus.

Thanks for the warning tho. Cheers

NW

 

[Animal]

Who the heck has ever heard of Raj Rajatarnam?

People who read the news.

 

[mewmewmew13]

Just got off the phone with a friend in law enforcement. He thinks Armstrong was told not to leave the country or he be arrested. I hope they give Polish advance warning of the perp walk so he can be there to erupt.

this falls right in with his decision to cancel the 'Brazil trip' for 'personal reasons' doesn't it?

 

[Semper Fidelis]

"But this one goes go DEFCON 5"...

"Oh, I see. And most DefCON's go up to 4?"

 

[Semper Fidelis]

People who read the news.

Come on Animal....You can not expect us to belive that any ole ANIMAL can READ the news?

 

[Polish]

Just got off the phone with a friend in law enforcement. He thinks Armstrong was told not to leave the country or he be arrested. I hope they give Polish advance warning of the perp walk so he can be there to erupt.

Pass along my thanks your security guard at Del Boca Vista.
Thanks for the heads up....

I already have my space chosen along the road/route to the Fed Courthouse:

 

[jackwolf]

To those devotees of LA who consider his Livestrong charity work will get him off the hook.

Billionaire financier and Wall Street trader, Raj Rajaratnam, was sentenced by a Federal Court to spend 11 years behind bars for the victim less crime of insider trading. There is no parole under the Federal Court system.

Raj Rajaratnam was known for his charity work.

Consensual incest and smoking dope are victimless crimes. Insider trading isn't.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

Pass along my thanks your security guard at Del Boca Vista.
Thanks for the heads up....

I already have my space chosen along the road/route to the Fed Courthouse:

Maybe you'll get an opportunity to wave your placard if Lance does an OJ in his Nissan Leaf ™ with College in the front and a bag full of blondes in the trunk.

 

[Velodude]

Consensual incest and smoking dope are victimless crimes. Insider trading isn't.

Legally you are correct. With insider trading there is no clear direct victim, if any victim at all.

It is believed, but not proven, that enforcement of insider trading laws may reduce the costs of securities.

Insider trading laws are only enforceable against persons who profit who are in a position that they owe a fiduciary duty to shareholders of the company in whose securities the insider is dabbling.

However, fact is that persons do obtain non public information that can be used for share profit making without being in a fiduciary position.

 

[thehog]

The fanboys from Fabiani's Pit are at DEFCON 4.

I didn't think there were any fanboys left anymore? I barely see the tripe we once saw on the comments section of various articles.

Its over.... Its over... I never thought I'd see the day but its over.....

 

[Cimacoppi49]

"Oh, I see. And most DefCON's go up to 4?"

Sorry, but we're not a DEFCON 5 yet. Soon. But, not yet

 

[Oldman]

The fanboys from Fabiani's Pit are at DEFCON 4.

You are oh so wrong. Fabiani as a paid hack is the only one left in the pit.

 

[Berzin]

I didn't think there were any fanboys left anymore? I barely see the tripe we once saw on the comments section of various articles.

Its over.... Its over... I never thought I'd see the day but its over.....

I'm waiting for this day, too. But we'll have to see who rallies around Armstrong once the indictments become public knowledge.

Right now the fanboys seem to be in hibernation seeing as Armstrong doesn't race anymore.

I imagine they will come out spewing the same vitriol they did when Greg Lemond had the audacity to question his association with Dr. Ferrari. On Greg's bicycle forum (when his brand was affiliated with Trek, if I'm not mistaken) he got absolutely skewered. I'd never seen anything like it in my life.

I wonder if any of those toolbags would have the decency to post an apology now that the day of reckoning is coming ever so closer for Dopestrong.

I'm fearful Armstrong's transgression will not necessarily be seen in the same light when his team brings up his history of charitable acts/contributions weighed against his "crimes".

Lying to the cancer community and using them as unwitting dupes to enrich himself as their unwanted and unappointed faith healer is going to have people pretty upset-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q8Y0uL-4oA

 

[Polish]

I didn't think there were any fanboys left anymore? I barely see the tripe we once saw on the comments section of various articles.

Its over.... Its over... I never thought I'd see the day but its over.....

The tripe is over because the millions of fanboys and girls do not care anymore.
"Yes he doped, but who cares"
"He was awesome."
"Everyone doped"
"Level Playing Field"
"He has done so much good"
"yes he doped - BFD"

The Lance fanboys are all grown up.
Evolved. They are now like a Eddy fanboy.
He was an awesome doper too lol.

But the haters are still here.
Knuckle draggers. Devolved.

When the average and intelligent sportsfans flood the interwebs with backlash when the indictments come, the haters will try to retaliate with their tired old lines...
"So, we should not punish lawbreakers?"
"He defrauded the Cancer Community"
blah blah blah blah blah.

But the haters will be confused by the magnitude of the backlash.
It will be very entertaining

 

[thehog]

Again I'm not into criminal law but only the new zealand tax law but if you want my opinion with the little knowledge I have of criminal law I would say that it would be hard to condemn Bin Laden when it comes to 9/11. When I say he's guilty as sin it's because he's admitted so many other acts of terrorism that we would have sufficient evidence to condemn him anyway. The video of Bin Laden admitting 9/11 is probably fake, so it wont hold up. But I'm not sure on Lance. I think he might have to admitted to doping on tape. I think Floyd have taped a phone call. I'm not sure.

The tripe is over because the millions of fanboys and girls do not care anymore.
"Yes he doped, but who cares"
"He was awesome."
"Everyone doped"
"Level Playing Field"
"He has done so much good"
"yes he doped - BFD"

The Lance fanboys are all grown up.
Evolved. They are now like a Eddy fanboy.
He was an awesome doper too lol.

But the haters are still here.
Knuckle draggers. Devolved.

When the average and intelligent sportsfans flood the interwebs with backlash when the indictments come, the haters will try to retaliate with their tired old lines...
"So, we should not punish lawbreakers?"
"He defrauded the Cancer Community"
blah blah blah blah blah.

But the haters will be confused by the magnitude of the backlash.
It will be very entertaining

 

[Neworld]

The tripe is over because the millions of fanboys and girls do not care anymore.
"Yes he doped, but who cares"
"He was awesome."
"Everyone doped"
"Level Playing Field"
"He has done so much good"
"yes he doped - BFD"

The Lance fanboys are all grown up.
Evolved. They are now like a Eddy fanboy.
He was an awesome doper too lol.

But the haters are still here.
Knuckle draggers. Devolved.

When the average and intelligent sportsfans flood the interwebs with backlash when the indictments come, the haters will try to retaliate with their tired old lines...
"So, we should not punish lawbreakers?"
"He defrauded the Cancer Community"
blah blah blah blah blah.

But the haters will be confused by the magnitude of the backlash.
It will be very entertaining

That is sure a long list of 'random ideas'. Quantity vs quality...I'll leave that up to Novitsky, the FBI, Interpol, the innumerable swore testimonies and the national and international Cancer Foundations that will immediately bolt from any association with LAF. Magazines will be sold as the stories unfold, and the handcuffs wear cold.

Would you want to be in LAs position right now? If yes, you clearly must jest.

NW

 

[MonsterCyclist]

I didn't think there were any fanboys left anymore? I barely see the tripe we once saw on the comments section of various articles.

Its over.... Its over... I never thought I'd see the day but its over.....

Those comments were all paid for by a PR company. The money must have run out.

 

[Race Radio]

Those comments were all paid for by a PR company. The money must have run out.

$3,200,000 in legal fees and you start questioning paying for that stuff

 

[Random Direction]

"Would you want to be in LAs position right now? If yes, you clearly must jest"

Is polish in front of, or behind Lance? It is all about preferences.

 

[Polish]

That is sure a long list of 'random ideas'. Quantity vs quality...I'll leave that up to Novitsky, the FBI, Interpol, the innumerable swore testimonies and the national and international Cancer Foundations that will immediately bolt from any association with LAF. Magazines will be sold as the stories unfold, and the handcuffs wear cold.

Would you want to be in LAs position right now? If yes, you clearly must jest.

NW

If the choice was between spitting up blood with cancer spreading in my brain and lungs or facing 20 Federal Indictments of the caliber facing Lance, I would choose the indictments of course.
Who wouldn't?

"Federal Indictments scary scary boo!"
Oh please. Lance has faced REAL fears.
Been real scared.

Federal Indictments are a joke in comparision.
You know that right?

 

[DirtyWorks]

...but it appears Rajaratnam was made an example of as a result of the rampant greed on Wall Street that has been brought to surface over the past several years. I'm fearful Armstrong's transgression will not necessarily be seen in the same light when his team brings up his history of charitable acts/contributions weighed against his "crimes".

Raj is just one of countless guys that did the same thing. This is absolutely a case of him being the public example. He's the fall guy for his superiors. Further up the chain far worse was and is still happening. Even among his peers it's still going on. Armstrong's case is different. Athletics is outside the beltway stuff. I can't predict how his crimes would play in Congress with Fabiani likely trying to close the case with Congressional influence.

As for insider trading being victimless. Absolutely wrong. I'm a victim. Anyone with a 401k is a victim. It's stealing.